Learning objective

  • To sing and play an instrument at the same time.

Success criteria

  • I can say and clap the rhythm of

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National curriculum

Music

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Use

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, you might want to check that children can recall: That ‘timbre’ means the quality of a sound; e.g. that different instruments would sound different playing a note of the same pitch. That their voice can create different timbres to help tell a story. That music can be represented by pictures or…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could have the pulse tapped out gently on their shoulders to help them feel it (check with the school’s safeguarding policy and ask the child’s permission first).

Pupils working at greater depth

Could participate in the final instrumental performance.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: clapping the rhythm of their name;

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Vocabulary definitions

  • pulse

    The heartbeat of the music. Sometimes called the 'beat'.

  • rhythm

    Patterns of long and short sounds.

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